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I believe the assistant groundskeeper Bill Murray over the Dalai Lama.
Good laugh, though.
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Here is my post#28 on same thread from below:
I just today read the tiny book Anger (2019) by the Dalai Lama and read another Be Happy (2018). I never read anything by him before. And won’t again.
Doing fine until page 105: he said “I am not only a socialist but a bit leftist—a Communist In terms of social economy theory I am a Marxist.” ….Farther left than the Chinese.... “They are capitalists”.
How stupid. His helpless people were overrun by Chinese soldiers who brutally raped all women and girls and tortured and usually killed the Tibetans who resisted. The Dalai Lama is in exile in India due to the Chinese. What’s wrong with him?
I spent about 30 years avoiding Buddhist stuff because I am against nonviolence. Can’t stand it. See Friendly Persuasion with Gary Cooper for starters. The nonviolent exist only at the mercy of guns and people who hold them.
Out in the garbage with that stuff. No commies allowed.

I, too, can't fathom pacifism because I believe, as Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, Life is Worth Living. I understand the premise of pacifism, and in many ways it was brought powerfully to the screen in Witness (and Hacksaw Ridge though I didn't see that one).

But as you say, pacifism in part hinges on the goodness in people. I doubt ISIS fighters would be swayed by a pacifist, nor would Antifa and other statist goons. I like what Mattis said:

‘I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f*%# with me, I’ll kill you all.’